Improvement in match-cards



' .thereby ysaving all the stock.

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' IMPROVEMENT IN MATCH-CARDS.

Specification forming v To all'whomv it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES G. CRANE, of Boston, in the county ot'-Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented' -an mprovedMatch-Card 5 and`I do hereby declare that the following, taken inconnection with the drawings which accompany and forni partof thisspecitication, is a description of my invention sufiicient to ena-blclthose skilled in the art to practice it.` 1

The common andwell-known match-card is made from a thin blank or' stripofwood cut to the requisite dimensions and slitby a gang of saws into arow or seriesot' match-sticks of convenient length, these sticksbeingunited by OtA the band or strip left unslit by the saws. course, thematerial removed by the saws is lost, and `as the very ployedin themanufacture, it is a desideratuin to utilize `all opt' said stock, whichObject is attain'edv by my invention;

'consists in match-cards so made that the material removed from eachcard in the process 'of cutting the-row of match blanks or Sticks mayform the match-sticks of another card,

illustrated by Figures l and 2 ofthe drawings.

. The' black lines in each represent the outline'ot' .the blank or stripof wood to be made into cards, while the redlines in each'indicate thewhich it will be readily seen that `whilc the strip (t and sticks orprojections b form oncfcard the strip c and sticks d will form another,and that no material is cutaway other than that entering directly intothe'formation of the two cards.

In Fig. 2 tbe'match-sticks are shown as tapering, the ends to becovercdby the igniting composition'being the smallest part of each. Thecommon form of match-cards is shown in Fig. 3, the match-sticks beingformed by cutting into the blank or block a series of slits by a gang ofsaws, as before alluded to. y

i -fBy inspection ot' Figs. l and 2 it will be Seen that by having ablank or block ot'eXtra width,

- enough to form a second end piece, double the number ofmatches aremade from an equal length ofV blank to what is obtained by the oldprocess.

Figs. 4 and 5 show, respectively, a plan and side eleva-tionpf a machinewhich maybe'used in the manufacture of the improved cards and in theapplication of the igniting composition to the fends ofthe sticks. Athin band or ribtwo anged rolls or best stock has to be emand thisiuven'tioir" vtion by the This is clearly.

bon ot wood is fed in between the roll e and a series ot knivesvorcutters projecting from fthe Surface of a'cylinder or drum, f. Theribbon is ofa width sufficient to form the matchsticks for two cards,each set and the cutters .are soar-ranged that as they revolve theydivide-the ribbon into two sheets, forming the respective match-cards,guides, g, serving to keep the ribbon in proper position with respect tothe cutters. After passing beyond the critters, one vsirlc'ottlie ribbonor strip passes between two rolls, L h, and the other between similarrolls, it, placed in a different horizontal position. and' this effectsthe detachment ot' the two'strips of card material from each other. Thelower one of each of the sets ot' rolls h h and i may rotate in a potot' sulphur, so that as the points of the match-sticks pass between themthey shall bc covered with the sulphur, and'iuwtne'ir continued feedmovement the. ends'oi` the match-sticks may pass in contact with rollsL' 7.7, the surfaces of .which Shall', be provided with phosphoric orother composirrtbbing of which the match is ignited. Thence the stripspass between feedrolls Z l, having cutters which split the strips intocard-lengths. This is one method of man'- ufacturing thecards andapplying the match composition; butmy invention does not contemplate a'confinement to thisor any other specitic mechanism, this being shownand (lescribed merely as one means of cutting a ribbon of wood ofsuitable width into two Strips, each ot' which has a series ofprojectingmatchsticks, and these strips into cords, whileit also serves to show ameans devised for applying the composition without the process of dip-.ping7 rlhe sa me meclninismmay be employed for cutting match-splints toform matches of a taper form, the ribbon of wood used being of a widthcorresponding to the length of the cutters 1n thc cylinder f, and beingcut into splints of the form shown at A.

As a new article of manufacture, matchcards having a constructionSubstantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set vmy hand this 14th day of June,A. D. 1865.

. MOSES G. CRANE. Witnesses: F. GOULD,

W. B. GLEASON.

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